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VMware buys Sequoia-backed monitoring startup Wavefront
Less than a year after acquiring a partner called Arkin Net Inc. to bolster its network monitoring capabilities, VMware Inc. has made another strategic purchase in infrastructure tracking. The virtualization giant today announced that it’s buying Wavefront Inc., a four-year-old startup that focuses on helping companies gain insight into their cloud applications. It has picked ...
Qualtrics reels in $180M to help companies gather better feedback
Companies have access to a variety of analytics tools that can help them better understand their target audiences, but often the best means of finding out what’s on a user’s mind is simply to ask them. Qualtrics Inc. has spent the last 15 years trying to perfect the process. The Utah-based firm made headlines today ...
Databricks makes Spark projects easier to manage
Analytics professionals are increasingly relying on the cloud as part of their work. Databricks Inc. is stepping up its efforts to capitalize on this trend today by launching a new edition of its data processing service that aims to reduce the amount of effort involved in number-crunching projects. More specifically, the offering is designed to ...
Pure Storage introduces powerful new flash memory array
Against the backdrop of a top competitor securing $33 million in fresh funding, Pure Storage Inc. is marking a milestone of its own over on the product front. The company today introduced a new system called the FlashArray//X that can provide twice as much bandwidth as its previous generation hardware while reducing latency by up ...
Flash memory array maker Tegile raises $33M in funding
Tegile Systems Inc. is making the most out of the investor interest in the flash storage market. The array maker today announced that it has raised $33 million in funding from Western Digital Corp., Meritech Capital and several other returning backers. Their decision to double down on their bets comes hot on the heels of ...
Microsoft, eBay lead $1.4B funding of Indian e-commerce phenom Flipkart
India’s booming online economy is attracting interest from tech companies the world over. Two of the biggest names that are working to establish a foothold in the country are Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc., which today banded together to lead a $1.4 billion funding round into e-commerce powerhouse Flipkart Ltd. They were joined by China’s ...
IBM brings Watson AI to the help desk
Now that more and more companies are deploying chatbots to streamline their help desk operations, IBM Corp. is looking to join the fray with Watson. The technology giant today introduced a new support service that includes a version of the artificial intelligence optimized for troubleshooting technical problems. Watson can take natural language questions and generate ...
Otonomo, operator of a data exchange for connected cars, raises $25M
Internet-connected vehicles are emerging as a valuable source of data both for the auto industry and external organizations looking to better understand driver behavior. However, meeting the stringent privacy regulations that govern such information is often a challenge for carmakers hoping to share their telemetry. As a result, a growing number of them are turning ...
In a bid to court developers, Twitter launches major API overhaul
As part of its efforts to rekindle revenue growth, Twitter Inc. is rolling out new application programming interfaces today that target companies interested in taking better advantage of social media. The landmark upgrade is set to release in stages and builds on technology that the microblogging company obtained through the acquisition of Gnip Inc. in ...
Uber extends its open-source visualization engine into new frontiers
Like other top tech companies, Uber Technologies Inc. often creates custom software tools for its staff when the products available on the market don’t fully fit the bill. One of the ride-hailing giant’s most notable projects is a data visualization tool called deck.lg that became accessible to the public last year and has received a ...